Course: 1 Topic 2: THE QUALITY OF ISIM ( NOUN) under Construction

 The most numerous of the Arabic words are the noun or ISIM. 

A. We had covered the the ways to identify if a word is an ISIM. They are:
a. look at its meaning.
b. The word begin with alif lam
c. The last letter is a tanween.
d. the word before it is haraf JAR.
e. The last letter is taa marbutah or an open ta. 

B. An ISIM (Noun) can be grouped into different categories based on the following:
a.  Gender - male or female
b. Number - One, Two or Many
c. Definitive or Not Definitive
d. Case Ending  

C, HANDLING ISIM (NOUNS)

In English language, when we meet a noun, we worry about only 2 items, the numbers, either singular or plural. We also concern whether it definite. Example the word CAT, singular CAT and many CATS. We are also concern whether it any CAT, we call it ... A CAT. If it is a particular CAT, we call it THE CAT.

However, for Arabic language, when we meet a noun or ISIM, we will be concerned about 4 items.  They are, the gender, number, definite or not and the case ending, is it kasrah, dommah or fathah. 

When you have a noun, you have to consider 4 items, its gender, its number, 
whether definite or not and the case of the last letter of the word.
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All nouns is either MALE or FEMALE. Some words has two form, female and male. However some words, the Male and Female are the same.
In the above examples, the male word is THOLIBA, the female is THOLIBAH.
Some word are male - QOLAM
Some word is female - SYAJARAH.
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The Top Rows: - mufrad and muthana
Bottom Rows: Mufrad and Jama'
Note the different between jama' salam and jama' takssir
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The definitive is like in English where we add "the " in front of the noun.
Example the house- it is a definite and the known house. In Arabic we add alif Lam
becomes al-bait, (the house)

RESOURCES:

1. Types of Arabic Nouns:  https://youtu.be/zBl-I9NGBWo